Abstract:
For determining use of receive diversity in a mobile station, a control system ( 210 or 401 ) determines a demand level for use of communication resources. A transmitter ( 300 ) communicates a message indicating use of receive diversity at a mobile station based on the determined demand level. In another aspect, a receiver ( 200 ) receives a channel and determines transmit power level of the channel for being at a lower or upper transmit power level limit. The control system ( 210 or 401 ) controls receive diversity by selecting a number of receiver chains ( 290 ) based on the determined transmit power level. In another aspect, receiver ( 200 ) receives a channel and determines a channel condition of the channel and duration of the channel condition. Control system ( 210 or 401 ) controls receive diversity by selecting a number of receiver chains ( 290 ) based on the determined channel condition and the duration.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for rate determination in a communication system using orthogonal rate-dependent Walsh covering codes. Orthogonal rate-dependent Walsh codes are used to cover repeated code symbols prior to transmission over a communication link. The Walsh codes comprise orthogonal binary codes that increase by powers of two for each data rate in the system. Code symbols are repeated and then covered at the symbol rate using the inventive orthogonal Walsh codes. The symbol error rate (SER) blocks are used to generate rate-dependent SER metrics for each of the candidate rates. SER estimators (230, 232, 234, 236) associated with soft combiners (204, 206, 208, 210) using incorrect data rate hypotheses produce high symbol error rates with respect to the symbol error rate produced by the SER estimator (230, 232, 234, 236) associated with the soft combiner (204, 206, 208, 210) using the correct rate hypothesis. In another embodiment, energy metric calculators (250, 252, 254, 256) are substituted for SER estimators (230, 232, 234, 236) and used to generate rate-dependent re-encoded energy metrics for each candidate data rate. The energy metrics produce an estimate of the symbol energy, and the symbol energy is used as a data rate indicator.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for adapting a de-jitter buffer to conform to air link conditions. An air link characteristic may be detected before that characteristic begins to affect packet delivery, such as by slowing or speeding delivery delay at a subscriber station. A receiver-side de-jitter buffer, which adds delay to received packets, may adaptively adjust its size based upon the detected air link characteristic, such that the de-jitter buffer is appropriately sized for anticipated data packets before they are received at the subscriber station.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for performing a handoff of an access terminal from a macro node to a femto node are disclosed. To direct handoff of the access terminal, an identity of the femto node is determined. A femto node provided may be indentified by at least a difference between the offset of a first pilot signal and the offset of a second pilot signal.
Abstract:
A method and system for de-coupling forward and reverse link assignment for multi-carrier wireless communication systems. A method may assign two or more forward link code division multiple access (CDMA) carriers to transmit data from a base station to an access terminal; assign one or more reverse link CDMA carriers to transmit data from the access terminal to the base station; and limit reverse link overhead transmissions corresponding to the two or more forward link CDMA carriers.
Abstract:
Embodiments described herein relate to providing variable rate broadcast services with soft handoff in wireless communications. In an embodiment, a plurality of access points (e.g., servicing various cells in a broadcast area) may transmit a broadcast content in accordance with a rate set. The rate set may include a plurality of distinct data rates each associated with a transmission format, configured to allow the broadcast packets transmitted by the access points to be incrementally combined (e.g., on a per-slot basis at a subscribing AT). The data rates and corresponding transmission formats in the rate set may be selected in relation to the supportable data rates of the cells in the broadcast area, as well as the requirements for supporting soft handoff in these cells.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for adapting a de-jitter buffer to conform to air link conditions. An air link characteristic may be detected before that characteristic begins to affect packet delivery, such as by slowing or speeding delivery delay at a subscriber station. A receiver-side de-jitter buffer, which adds delay to received packets, may adaptively adjust its size based upon the detected air link characteristic, such that the de-jitter buffer is appropriately sized for anticipated data packets before they are received at the subscriber station.
Abstract:
Adaptive delay management means and method for allocating resources having different Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. A Forward Link (FL) scheduler prepares transmission instances by treating pending data queues according to a priority class, such as Best Effort (BE) and Expedited Forwarding (EF). Data bits from multiple queues are stuffed into a transmission instance. Various metrics are used to generate a set of candidates for transmission and then select and build a next transmission instance from the set of candidates.